Plan Your Elopement in Seattle/Tacoma!

Plan Your Elopement in Seattle/Tacoma!

Fun, Easy and Memorable!

It’s easy to elope in Washington State!

Whether you live in the area, are flying in to get married before a cruise to Alaska or are taking a plane, train or road trip from your hometown to get married in our beautiful State, let’s have some fun getting you married!

I love working with a couple to create a memorable “once-in-lifetime” wedding experience. It’s important for me to not only capture the joy that one feels in getting married but to deliver a ceremony that recognizes the weight of what is happening – a loving choice for life. I will gather a little personal information from both of you and will work to lightly personalize your ceremony so you don’t have a “blah, blah, blah,” and or “boring” ceremony experience!

An elopement is all about the “joy.” So, let’s raise the “joy bar” and get creative together. We’ll talk date, location, ceremony elements and attend to any personal details. There are important steps you need to get you “legal” and to secure a marriage license – please see below.

If I can be helpful in any way, don’t hesitate to call me at 425.922.1325 or drop me an email. I’m here to answer your elopement questions, to offer counsel on “when and where,” and to be a resource for anything you may need – photographer, florist, hotel, etc.

“Legal Stuff”

It’s simple. To elope, you will need :

Your marriage license

two witnesses over the age of 18

and hopefully, me!

If you don’t have witnesses, I can arrange for two people to join you for your wedding ceremony. Trust me, I’m full of wonderful and fun ideas!

Marriage license: For information on obtaining a marriage license, please go to FAQ’s.

Fee For Services

My fee varies a bit depending on what you want and desire for your elopement ceremony. On average, my fee ranges from $250 – $450. This also includes travel to/from the location of your wedding ceremony within the Seattle area. Travel to Tacoma and areas outside of Puget sound is a bit extra.

Yes, I’m a bit untraditional in that I will collect personal information and lightly personalize your wedding ceremony. I can’t imagine how boring it would be to officiate the same ‘ol, same ‘ol ceremony over and over again. So, I get a little personal detail from you to best celebrate your loving relationship and wedding day.

I welcome your call today at 425.922.1325, send an email or complete this easy form for a speedy reply.

Testimonials ~ Kudos – Applause!

If you’d like to take a peak at what people have to say about me, I invite you to check out my “reviews” on Wedding Wire.

And here you are, loving each other, and with the enormous intention and challenge to be married, to get married, during Covid 19.

So, here’s the deal on how to do this, short and sweet, for you, in Washington State.

I am writing this UPDATE POST on May 14th, and we’re in the middle of Phase 1.

As a State, we need to get to Phase 2 in order to have a gathering of 5 people or less, which allows for a small and intimate wedding ceremony, with social distancing measures. At least, this is what I am interpreting, with others in our wedding community, from the Governor’s Covid 19 directives.

In a perfect world, Phase 2 will commence on June 1st. Of course, the State may push this date back, depending on our numbers.

If you are planning a small ceremony for June, please consider securing a valid Washington State Marriage License NOW. You are within the 60 day application window, and because Offices are not open to in-person visits, it takes extra time to get your marriage license documents, via on-line and snail mail.

For all of this you will need a valid Washington State Marriage License, 2 witnesses over the age of 18, a location/venue for your ceremony and someone lovely to marry you (hopefully me).

So, how do you get married during Covid 19, if you live in Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Snohomish, any part of the Puget Sound or Washington State?

You don’t.

Under the Governor’s order in Washington State, ‘no weddings’ right now.

Yes, the Marriage License offices are issuing marriage licenses and they are recording them. This is what they do.

The best guidance on what is allowed during the State’s shelter-in-place order (from the Governor’s Office and King County Executive’s office) is no weddings.

So, if the two of you desire to get all hitched up, and you live anywhere in Washington State, or want to travel here to do so, what do you do?

You wait until May 4th for updated guidance, when the Governor hopefully lifts the ‘no wedding order.’ My hope is that this ‘no wedding’ restriction will be lifted, allowing a roll-out of small weddings (5 people: Officiant, Couple and 2 Witnesses).

And with this, if you don’t yet have a valid Washington State Marriage License, you can secure one from any County. The offices aren’t open right now, so you have to do everything the old fashioned way.

If you have questions, if I can be helpful. I am here. Once the stay-at-home order is lifted, I am fully available to officiate for you…